List of Platforms to Mint NFTs

Best place to mint NFTs?

I’m not sure, at least yet, but figured the best place to start is by gathering a list of places you can mint NFTs.

Note that I have not used these all, as I’ve only used a couple, so this is not a recommendation for the ones listed here. Maybe down the road I will do a post on which one I recommend after using some more or reviews and more info on specific ones I do use - but as of now, I am just gathering a list.

If I missed any good ones feel free to reach out and I'll try to update! Though I'll probably take a look into it before adding so may take a bit of time.

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Ethereum with Acceptance Required

In this section you must apply and be accepted as an artist before being able to mint an NFT.

Maker's Place

Created in 2018, this platform looks to have a lot of elite, high dollar works of art, despite having the peanut butter jelly time banana on the homepage when I took the screenshot.

• Homepage: makersplace.com
• Creator Info: makersplace.com/creators
• Applying: Join their Discord for more info and find the application instructions.
• Some items to be prepared for on application:
  • Links to websites, portfolios, social accounts, and individual works of art
  • Write about background/story/achievements
  • Identity verification instructions (about making sure your work is yours - not like KYC)
• Primary Sales: Maker's Place gets 15% when you make a sale. Extra 2.9% if purchased via credit card.
• Secondary Sales: 10% to creator

SuperRare

SuperRare seems a bit similar to Maker's Place as also founded in 2018 and has similar fee structures.

• Homepage: superrare.co
• Medium: superrare-co.medium.com
• Applying: Scroll to bottom of their website and click “Submit Artist Profile”
• Some items to be prepared for on application:
  • Link to portfolio or website
  • Application video - 1 minute video sharing why you want to join
  • Link to work in google drive folder
  • Write story behind this art
• 3% Transaction Fee for all purchases, paid by buyer
• Primary Sales: 85% to creator; 15% to SuperRare
• Secondary Sales: 10% to creator

AsyncArt

Launched in February 2020, AsyncArt boasts programmable art, which has states that people can control or can be controlled by outside factors. For example, pieces will look different at day and night or could be based upon weather conditions.

• Homepage: async.art
• Applying: Scroll down to the bottom of their website and click “Apply as an artist” which will take you through questious one at a time. Be prepared to answer questions on why you want to join and what you plan on making, as well as providing links to your portfolio, website and/or social media.
• JPEG and PNG only
• Primary Sales: 10-30% to Async Art; 70-90% to creator
• Secondary Sales: 1% to Async Art; 10% to Artist; 89% to Owner
• YouTube Video showing how to setup different "states" on their platform

It is kind of hard to explain but if interested check out their website or their explainer video:

Note that you can click "explore this artwork" and see different states the piece has

Nifty Gateway

Nifty Gateway seems to work by selling collections in "drops", which simply mean they become available for only a limited amount of time. After the drop you can only buy second hand. The about page states they do a drop roughly every 3 weeks.

• Homepage: niftygateway.com
• Applying: niftygateway.com/become-creator
• Some items to be prepared for on application:
  • Link to portfolio or social media
  • Video introducing yourself placed in Google Drive or on YouTube
  • Goals as an artist
  • Style of project for NiftyGateway
• Secondary Sales: 5% plus 30 cents to NiftyGateway; Artist sets royalty

Foundation

At first I was annoyed as I couldn't find much information with the lack of options in the menu and seemingly infinite scrolling pages, but after exploring a bit the clean aesthetic has grown on me.

• Homepage: foundation.app
• Applying: Get Invited!
• Minting: Guide to Minting (after being accepted)
• JPG, PNG, or MP4
• Primary Sales: 15% to Foundation; 85% to creator
• Secondary Sales: 10% to Artist
• When minting on Foundation it automatically gets displayed on OpenSea

Known Origin

After noticing that applications are closed to creators I did not spend much time exploring this site.

• Homepage: knownorigin.io
• Application: knownorigin.io/artist-application
• As of right now, April 2nd, 2021, their applications are closed
• Best place to find info is probably their discord

Ethereum Blockchain where anyone can mint a NFT

In this section you don't need to apply and get accepted. Some you just need to connect your wallet to mint.

OpenSea

From my limited experience it seems that OpenSea is one of the most popular NFT marketplaces. Maybe I just have come across it more often but I have already seen a few other platforms where you mint and they automatically end up on OpenSea.

• Homepage: opensea.io
• Creating a "Collection", which is like a storefront or category, does not require gas fees
• Creating an item in that collection does not require a gas fee either
• Listing the item for sale, if it is your first time, costs a gas fee to initialize your account. When I took a look it was around $100. I have not went through with it, yet.
• After that I believe it is free because it is lazy minting, where it doesn't actually get minted until someone purchases

Below is an NFT that I started testing this process on but did not finish. It looks like it is not listed for sale but people can make an offer. So I'm not sure what state it is in.

Note: I probably will keep it in this state for a while - just in case you are wondering if I went back and finished the process. Feel free to make an offer but I kind of want to keep this one!

Though, you can buy it on a T-Shirt, haha

Rarible

I have used Rarible one time and you can read about that in my Creating My First NFTs Blog Post. I did enjoy the experience, minus the gas fees for something I doubt will sell, and thought the platform was polished and friendly.

• Homepage: rarible.com
• FAQ: notion.so/rarible-com-FAQ-a47b276aa1994f7c8e3bc96d700717c5
• Minting on Rarible populates them on OpenSea as well
• Secondary Sales: Creator sets royalty percentage, from 0% all the way up to 100%

Mintable.App

I have also minted a couple items on Mintable, once again you can read about one of them in my Creating My First NFTs Blog Post. Though the gasless option is great that it is free I have my doubts about this platform.

• Homepage: mintable.app
• Gasless Minting: mintable.app/gasless
• Docs: Types of Minting

You can mint an item for free here with gasless minting. When you do so it shows up in the store called “Mintable Gasless”, so it is almost like it doesn’t fall under your brand. It says it is created by you but not sold in your store, if that makes sense.

Also, at time of writing this it looks like 159,924 NFTs have been created in the Mintable Gasless store and only 869 have sold. So less than 1% have sold in this store. So just like in most places in life - if you create it they will not come, at least without marketing.

You can create your own store here but it will take gas to create a store, as it is a token itself. Then I believe it will also take gas to mint items in your store.

Mintable also has a “Pro account” with “marketing packages” which, to me at least, seem a bit scummy.

Two things I have minted on Mintable: Pixel Art Soccer Field and First Post on NoteBlockchain.

The second one I tried to price at $25 but it gave me a warning that if I price it that low the buyer has to pay gas fees, or something. So not sure what is going on since the docs linked above state the buyer won't have to pay extra gas fees. The info doesn't seem to be presented clearly and I did not get that warning when I minted the first one for only $10.

Mintable is a good initial step for people that want to try minting something for the first time, or maybe something they don't care about, and not have to pay the gas fees.

Minting NFTs on Non-Ethereum Blockchain

The Ethereum blockchain seems to be where the NFT scene is right now. So I would recommend doing your research on these platforms, such as how many users and sales they get, before jumping onto them just to avoid gas fees.

On the flip side, Ethereum is the spot for NFTs right now but that doesn't mean it will stay that way forever! Plus, at some point I believe we will be able to move NFTs across blockchains.

Wax Atomic Asset Creator

WAX definitely interests me. I've actually messed around and played a couple of DAPPS on WAX. Their website and UI seem a bit outdated but there could still be potential here.

Also, I read a blog post on minting here and it isn't as straightforward. You should create a "template" and a "schema" before minting an NFT so plan on it taking a bit of time to figure out what's what.

• Homepage: wax.atomichub.io
• NFT Creator: wax.atomichub.io/creator
• Marketplace: wax.atomichub.io/market
• Wax Wallet: all-access.wax.io
• Need a Wax wallet to mint. Wax wallets use old fashion email address and password - not seed phrase.
• Free to mint. Their platform works a bit different as their token works as RAM instead of spending as network fee.
• Marketplace can be browsed without logging in so may want to start there - check it out and see if you think there are enough buyers.

I'm not sure how much traffic this marketplace gets but even if it is decent there is another hurdle. They have whitelisting and verification. I don't know all the details but if you don't get both I believe you don't show up in search. You can promote it yourself and people can find with direct links though. I believe this is to cut down on spam and copyright infringement.

Enjin

Enjin is a platform that specifically targets game developers and assisting in NFT creation and management. It is free to sign up for their platform but it looks like you have to assign an ENJ value to items you mint, thus costing ENJ. Maybe you can set the value to zero or really low, but I haven't explored that far.

It does look like a very polished platform!

• Homepage: enjin.io
• Enjin Platform: enjin.io/software/platform
• Docs: enjin.io/docs and specifically for minting: enjin.io/docs/minting-tokens
• Marketplace: enjinx.io/eth/marketplace
• The Enjin Platform is now free to use, as in no monthly subscription. Blog Post: Enjin Launches Free Version of NFT Minting and Integration Platform
• I checked out the platform and it looks like it will still cost ENJ to mint. I have not thoroughly explored or understand everything here - just took a glance.
• Definitely targeted towards game NFTs, as opposed to art, music, etc.

Note: I have not created any assets on Enjin but getting up to the point in the picture is free. Need to sign up on their platform and get a wallet.

Another note on Enjin is that it is actually on the Ethereum blockchain. But since it is a platform on top of the Ethereum blockchain, as opposed to the other places that mint directly onto the Ethereum blockchain, I kept it in this category. Also, it looks like they are venturing into Polkadot.

Forge

Another platform targeting creating NFTs for games with some notable projects. Honestly though, I could not figure out how to get started here.

Note that Forge is not a blockchain, as most of the others in this section are broken up by blockchain. Forge can mint on multiple blockchains so just threw it in this category.

• Homepage: lootex.io
• NFT Forge: forge.lootex.io
• Marketplace: dex.lootex.io/marketplace
• One-Pager: On Lootex Hosted here

I noticed the "For Individual" button on the Forge page, which seems like it would be how to get started for an "individual" creator, doesn't seem to do anything. The log in screen is in a different language. When I enter the console ("Enter Console" in top right) it asks for me to login with MetaMask (or other wallet) but then says I am unauthorized. Maybe you have to contact them to setup an account first?

I did want to mention them because I found it interesting that they supported three blockchains: Ethereum, Binance, and Polygon.

Also, I really like the artwork on the Forge page, pictured above.

Polygon

After checking this one out briefly I am interested here but I didn't have any coins on this blockchain already. So will do more research before moving coins over, as I haven't moved anything to Polygon blockchain before.

• Homepage: arkane.network
• NFT Minter: mintnft.today
• Marketplace: arkane.network/marketplace
• One-Pager: On Lootex Hosted here

I did give this one a real quick try. First, you have to switch your MetaMask to the Matic mainnet*. Then after filling out the small form, uploading my image, and clicking submit MetaMask seemed to popup like normal. You do still have to pay gas fees but none of my tokens showed here since I switched networks. I decided I would put this on hold and see if I can find out more information on this first.

*Note: Please do your own risk assessment. I followed the attached doc and everything seemed to work fine but MetaMask did give me a warning about the dangers of connectng to unknown networks. I am not the most knowledgeable person in this area so just wanted to say do not follow me blindly.

Binance Smart Chain

NFTs seem pretty new to the Binance Smart Chain. At least a lot of articles I have come across are very recent. I haven't tried any of these out but I did try to take a peek at them. Seem pretty new so do your own research.

There are several here, but it seems that BakerySwap takes the cake. Pun intended.

• BakerySwap
  • Marketplace: bakeryswap.org/#/exchange/new-artworks
  • Mint: bakeryswap.org/#/mint-artworks
  • TrustWallet Tutorial to mint on BakerySwap
• Juggernaut
  • Home/Marketplace: jgnnft.com
  • Mint: jgnnft.com/create
• Treasure Land: Just a marketplace? Or can mint there too?
• Pancake Swap Roadmap: States you can mint there but I can't locate that option
• Binance Developer Docs: Deploy NFT on BSC. Not a platform; for developers.

Would the pun have been better if pancake swap, with their CAKE token, was working?

Once again, I'm not recommending any of these. Only adding them to the list since I came across them.

Tezos

I found a couple options for minting NFTs on the Tezos blockchain. Neither I decided to proceed with after looking at them briefly but figured I would list them here:

Hicetnunc

• Homepage: hicetnunc.xyz
• NFT Minter: hicetnunc.xyz/mint

I took a look at a tutorial on how to mint on this site. It seemed to be a convoluted process that disinterested me.

Kalamint

Homepage: kalamint.io

When I looked at this site at the beginning of writing this article it seemed broken. No art showing up and the register/sign up button didn't work. Though at the end of writing this article it seems to be working.

It does say in Beta and it could have literally launched a few days ago. Maybe there was just no art to show yet?

DigiByte

Now I'm not totally sure if this counts as it doesn't say NFT but digital asset. I'm not sure how that would be different. DigiByte has been around for a while so maybe they chose to call them something else before the term NFT became mainstream. They do seem like a stubborn blockchain.

• Homepage: digibyte.org
• NFT Minter: createdigiassets.com

On the homepage you can scroll down to read more about their "DigiAssets" and there are actually a couple other platforms linked besides the one I have above. The site I linked looks super sketchy as it simply tells you to send a certain amount of DigiByte to an address they list and they will send back your asset. The only reason I posted that link is because I believe I saw a video of the DigiByte founder demonstrating this so I think it might be legit. Do your own research of course.

Right now the fee is around $12 and, though it is less than Ethereum, it still seems a bit high as it will be on the DigiByte blockchain. I hear it is a good blockchain but not very popular. Plus I'm not even sure what I could do with it.

Kusama

RMRK: rmrk.app

Though the app is coming soon I figure it might be out by the time you read this. Plus the website is up so you can check that out.

I am a bit confused because I thought Kusama was basically a test network for Polkadot. But I guess it has a real currency so not like a localized test network where it isn't a real blockchain. Plus, maybe it will migrate to DOT down the road?

Cardano

Woah woah! Don't get too excited there!

This isn't a platform for minting NFTs on Cardano. But if that does exist please let me know!

I did find some docs on minting NFTs on Cardano CLI, so for developers:

• Cardano Developer Docs
• Medium Article/Tutorial (unofficial)

MISC

Here are a few other things I came across that I didn't want to give a whole section to:

• NiftyKit: Service will mint NFTs for you once accepted as artist
• Viv3: After first visit I thought it was only a marketplace but now I see a create button at the top. Though, I don't see an about page, docs, or any other kind of info.
• V.Cent: Mint your tweets.
• MintBase: Marketplace and minting but seems unpolished.
• NFT Showroom: NFT Marketplace only. No minting. Update - yes minting, scroll to bottom of this page: nftshowroom.com/get-started

Conclusion

That ended up being more than I thought, but like I said, if you know of any others let me know. You can find me via the social links below.

Now that I have a list put together now I have to research a few that I fancy!

To narrow it down, right now I'm thinking:

• OpenSea: Check how gas fees work after the initial ones. I keep seeing something that says minting is free after the "one-time" gas fees. But it seems like someone has to pay for gas if it is on Ethereum.
• Wax: I think Wax is interesting as their token works like RAM. I believe minting is completely free, unless the RAM is consumed, but I'm not sure how many people are browsing that marketplace.
• BakerySwap: This interests me as since it is off Ethereum I assume gas fees are lower and BakerySwap may already have some traffic being an existing swap site.
• Enjin: If I ever get around to making a game with NFTs I definitely want to try and use Enjin.
• Polygon: I'll throw Polygon on here as well. I'll have to see about getting the coins onto that chain and all the gas fees there. Also, how much traffic that marketplace has. But could be good if it is possible to mint on Polygon and move them onto Ethereum. Not sure if that is how it works but I would think so since Polygon is built to connect with Ethereum.

So I'm not going to apply to any in the first category as I haven't been focused on art lately.

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Happy Minting!